Guide - Disable Internal Display when Closing Lid

[curtisspendlove]

I purchased a new ProArt 27" 5K monitor. It was very confusing when I hooked it up to the FW13. Hyprland continues to amaze and confound me. I finally realized that the display on the laptop was still active even in "clam-shell" mode.

long story short:

You need "bindl" hooks to lid up and lid down.

bindl=,switch:on:Lid Switch,exec,hyprctl keyword monitor "eDP-1, disable"
bindl=,switch:off:Lid Switch,exec,hyprctl keyword monitor "eDP-1, preferred, auto, auto"

You should also check /etc/systemd/logind.conf to ensure there are no conflicting lid event hooks active.

Note: I will clean this up when I get a moment. I'm using the new keyboard 199% of the time and it's a bit brutal. 😆

This is also mini-step 1 in tackling the hibernate issue. I'm working on that in the background as well.